Juankoski

Juankoski
Former municipality
Juankosken kaupunki Juankoski stad
Säyneinen Church in Juankoski
Coat of arms
Location of Juankoski in Finland
Coordinates: 63°04′N 028°20′E / 63.067°N 28.333°E / 63.067; 28.333Coordinates: 63°04′N 028°20′E / 63.067°N 28.333°E / 63.067; 28.333
Country	Finland
Region	Northern Savonia
Sub-region	Northeastern Savonia sub-region
Charter	1925
Town privileges	1998
Consolidated	2017
Government
• Municipal manager	Petri Kangasperko
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Website	www.juankoski.fi

Juankoski is a former town and municipality of Finland. In March 2014, the Juankoski city council decided that town was going to merge with Kuopio in the beginning of 2017.^[1]

It was located in the province of Eastern Finland and was part of the Northern Savonia region. The town covered an area of 586.26 square kilometres (226.36 sq mi) of which 120.99 km² (46.71 sq mi) was water.^[2] Juankoski formally became a town in 1998.

Neighbouring municipalities of Juankoski were Juuka, Kaavi, Tuusniemi, Kuopio, Nilsiä and Rautavaara.

The municipality was unilingually Finnish.

History[]

Museum Masuuni Brunou focuses on the area's iron and cardboard industry, as well as local history.

Villages[]

Akonvesi, Hipanlahti, Jouhteninen (Joutseninen), Muuruvesi (village), Säyneinen (village), Vehkalahti, Västinniemi and Akonpohja, which is located in address 73500

People[]

• Kaj Chydenius, composer
• Jaakko Kolmonen, TV chef
• Juice Leskinen, songwriter
• Anssi Neuvonen, songwriter / musician

References[]

External links[]

Media related to Juankoski at Wikimedia Commons

• Town of Juankoski – Official website

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